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To Kill A Mockingbird Vocab
Mr. Barron Daniel Hand High School
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English
9th Grade
11/15/2010

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integrity
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honesty, incorruptibility
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corroboration
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supporting with evidence or authority
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alien
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a foreigner
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perplexity
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the state of being confused or bewildered
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compassion
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feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another of misfortune or suffering
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benign
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kind; gracious; favorable
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vexation
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irritation; annoyance
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obstreperous
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uncontrollably noisy; clamorous; unruly
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aberration
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deviation; straying from the right or normal way
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diminutive
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small; little; tiny
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dispensation
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distribution; dispensing
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eccentric
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odd; unusual; out of the ordinary
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optimism
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belief that good ultimately wins over evil; to expect favorable outcome
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tyrannical
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unjustly cruel; harsh; severe
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temerity
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reckless; boldness; rashness
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cynical
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contemptuous; bitterly distrustful
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subtlety
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delicacy or nicety of character
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sentimentality
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the feelings or tender emotion, as love towards something
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contemptuous
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scornful; despising; disdainful
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melancholy
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a depression of spirits; dejection; a pensive mood; sadness
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asinine
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lacking sound judgment; stupid; silly
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palliation
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reduction of violence; moderation of intensity
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prerogative
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an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege
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cantankerous
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ill-natured; quarrelsome
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acquiescence
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acceptance; assent
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stolid
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unemotional
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venerable
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respected or admired
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mollify
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appeased; assuaged
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haughty
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disdainfully proud; arrogant
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analogous
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showing alikeness which permits one to draw an analogy; similar
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acrimonious
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biting or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner; harsh or cruel
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inordinate
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unregulated; disorderly; excessive
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vehement
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passionate; powerful; fervid
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adamant
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unyielding; inflexible
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invective
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of relation to or characterized by insult or abuse
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garish
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glaring; flashy; gaudy
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sullen
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gloomy; resentfully silent or repressed; dismal
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stealthily
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secretively; slyly
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tacit
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silently understood; unspoken
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vapid
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not lively; without spirit
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austere
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stern or forbidding in appearance and manner, somber, grave
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guileless
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innocence; naivete
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oblique
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indirect; devious; underhanded
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perpetrate
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commit; carry out; bring about
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mortify
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shameful; embarrassing
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umbrage
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resentful displeasure; personal defense
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altercation
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a noisy or angry dispute; a quarrel
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irascible
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marked by hot temper and easily provoked to anger; touchy; cranky
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wry
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ironically humorous
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ingenuous
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noble; honorable; straightforward
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foray
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a quick raid or sudden attack
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taciturn
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disinclined to talk; silent
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malevolent
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having, showing, or arising form intense, often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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propensity
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natural inclinations; leanings
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contentious
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belligerent; argumentative
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predilection
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a predisposition in favor of something; preference
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desolate
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devoid of inhabitants or visitors; barren; empty
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illicitly
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unlawfully; without permission
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arbitrated
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decided; determined
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unmitigated
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not lessened; unrelived
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auspicious
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propitious; favorable
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unfathomable
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unable to be measured or understood
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indigenous
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native to a particular region or species; inborn; innate
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